- Date
- June 19, 1987, 20:30 local (Jun 20, 1987, 02:30 UTC)
- Place
- Palisade, CO
- Injuries
- 1 uninjured
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N186TFTalbott Avid Flyer
- Weather
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Status
- Completed · report October 6, 1988
- Report
- Approved by Office Director
- FAA report
- 19870619080689A
- Case key
- 17249
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Sequence of events
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Analysis
The plt reported that he had just finished several short flights on the recently certified homebuilt acft to fly off the hr restriction. He had completed the shutdown checklist and had the fuel valve shut off. He restarted the eng without the checklist to make another flt and took off inadvertently leaving the fuel valve off. The acft climbed about 50 ft prior to fuel starvation. The acft landed straight ahead and struck trees at the end of the rwy. The plt stated that this accident occurred through 'a careless oversight on my part... The use of the checklist and possibly a less hasty departure would have prevented the accident.'
Aircraft
- Registration
- N186TF
- Reported as
- Talbott Avid Flyer
- Category
- Airplane, amateur-built
- Serial number
- 204
- Airframe hours
- 11
- Engine
- Rotax 532, 40 horsepower, reciprocating
- Damage
- Substantial damage
- Flight
- Personal · Part 91
- Operator
- Charles W. Talbott
- Registered owner
- Charles W Talbott
- Airworthiness certificate
- Special, Experimental (Special)
- Last inspection
- Annual · June 5, 1987 · 11 hours before
- Airport
- runway 27, 1,200 × 25 ft, dirt
Matched to the registry by N-number and the event date; the registry’s history has gaps, so older matches can be wrong. Compare the reported make and model.
Flight crew
As NTSB recorded them. NTSB leaves out names.
- Role
- Pilot
- Age
- 26
- Certificate
- Private
- Airplane ratings
- Single-engine land
- Medical
- Class 3, Valid Medical--w/ waivers/lim
- Seat
- Center
- Flight hours
- 103 total · 10 in this make and model · 69 as pilot in command · 10 in the last 90 days · 2 in the last 24 hours
Weather
- Conditions
- Visual (VMC) · Day
- Wind
- Calm
- Visibility
- 90 statute miles
- Lowest ceiling
- None
- Temperature
- 84 °F
FAA reports on this event · 1
The FAA’s own accident and incident reports, matched to the aircraft by N-number and date.